Chapter Summaries

Xu Long escaped the Beast King's blockade while the bronze chains beneath the Vast Sea stirred and awakened the True Dragon they suppressed. After hearing its roar and realizing it held an undaunted will, Xu Long set aside his fear of the Saint Daoist Sanctuary and escaped the waters with his companions.

• Xu Long left his Dharma Body shaking the bronze chain as he used a passage beneath the seabed to evade King Yuanyuan's mountain blockade.
• The chains stirred across the Vast Sea, revealing that they were buried beneath converging spirit veins and drawing He Huaibao, Li Jianxin, Falu, and other cultivators toward the abyss.
• Xu Long realized the chains suppressed the dragon-shaped creature he had encountered before and suspected Saint Song had placed them there.
• A True Dragon roared from the depths, and Xu Long recognized its aura and defiant will after it sensed the Power of Laws he had poured into the chain.
• Xu Long cast off his doubts about the Saint Daoist Sanctuary and escaped the seabed to reunite with his companions beyond the waters.

After Yun Peng sacrificed himself to save Xu Long from Tuolong’s ambush, Xu Long resolved to kill the beast before King Yuanyuan’s gathering beast tide arrived. Luo Huayu stayed to hold back the tide as Xu Long confronted Tuolong with his magic seals and a newly forming array.

• Xu Long recalled that He Huaiying’s memories showed He Huaibao had stayed with the Ancestor to receive a powerful treasure for the struggle over the Vast Sea inheritance item.
• Tuolong ambushed the group while Xu Long was dazed, but Yun Peng took the blow meant for him; Yun Peng died after asking Xu Long to deliver his last words to Yun Kun, and Xu Long kept his gold hairpin.
• Luo Huayu warned Xu Long that King Yuanyuan was gathering a beast tide, but Xu Long chose to stay and kill Tuolong to avenge Yun Peng and settle their karmic tie.
• Luo Huayu and the other cultivators moved to hold back the beast tide while Xu Long replenished his magic power and attacked Tuolong with sword light and a magic seal.
• Xu Long broke Tuolong’s turbid wave with an Edict, then formed another array around the beast as nine stars emerged and a tremendous shock sounded in Tuolong’s ears.

Xu Long defeated Tuolong with Yun Hong’s purple talisman and Heaven-Slaying One Sword, then took Tuolong’s Inner Core before escaping the beast tide. Gravely injured and afflicted by Tuolong’s corrosive aura, Xu Long asked Luo Huayu to refine a Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill as they fled King Yuanyuan’s waters.

• Xu Long detonated Yun Hong’s purple talisman to sever Tuolong’s whip-like tail with lightning carrying the aura of the Origin Will.
• Tuolong tried to swallow Xu Long, but Xu Long unleashed Heaven-Slaying One Sword and pierced Tuolong’s head.
• Xu Long extracted Tuolong’s Inner Core and left as the beasts descended on Tuolong’s corpse.
• Luo Huayu and the others met Xu Long outside King Yuanyuan’s waters, where Luo Huayu found his bones shattered and Tuolong’s corrupting aura in his heart.
• Xu Long warned Luo Huayu that King Yuanyuan might pursue them and asked her to refine a Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill, then placed the sword qi containing Tuolong’s Inner Core in her hand.

Xu Long recovered from his injuries and purged the Tuolong’s rot qi while unconscious, then woke to find Luo Ning watching over him. He learned Luo Huayu had successfully refined his Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill, but kept the Immortal Ginseng for the Herbal Revival Pill he had promised Yun Peng to make for Yun Kun.

• Luo Huayu took the Tuolong’s Inner Core from Xu Long, who had passed out, and she and Luo Ning carried him away from the waters.
• Xu Long’s body of oblivion repaired his wounds as he burned the rot qi from his chest with the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire and cut it from his Sea of Consciousness with the Wisdom Sword.
• After recovering to his peak, Xu Long woke and took the jade bottle Luo Ning had brought, thanking him and the Luo River Valley for saving him.
• Xu Long followed Luo Ning’s directions to Luo Huayu and discovered that she had successfully refined the Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Xu Long thanked Luo Huayu for the pill but kept the Immortal Ginseng, intending to use it to fulfill his promise to Yun Peng and help Yun Kun.

Xu Long entrusted Luo Huayu with the jade token and prepared to pursue the inheritance by taking the Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill. After recovering He Huaiying’s ritual staff from the armadillo, he began forcing a breakthrough, sensing that a dangerous tribulation had yet to arrive.

• Xu Long gave Luo Huayu a Jade Screen Sect School core disciple’s jade token to hold, and she agreed to leave the Immortal Ginseng matter for later.
• Xu Long resolved to seek the inheritance and strengthen himself, while Luo Huayu and the Luo River Valley disciples chose to return to land.
• Xu Long reunited with the armadillo, took the spiritual essences it had gathered in King Yuanyuan’s waters, and recovered He Huaiying’s ritual staff from its barrier.
• Xu Long began erasing He Huaiying’s restriction on the ritual staff, then prepared to take the Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Xu Long swallowed the pill, circulated his Magic Power, and stirred the Heavenly Dao’s rules as he began attacking his boundary wall, aware that the edge’s will might bring a tribulation.

Xu Long endured the Fire of Delusion as he tried to merge the clear and turbid qi and break through the realm barrier. After the Origin Will intensified the tribulation, the Illusory Fire attacked his Sea of Consciousness and dantian, leaving his breakthrough in grave danger.

• Xu Long recognized the parching heat spreading through his body as the Fire of Delusion, a tribulation formed from his accumulated karma.
• Despite the agony, Xu Long continued bringing the clear and turbid qi together and circulated his Magic Power through his meridians.
• The Origin Will descended, and Xu Long used his Wisdom Sword and Dharma Wheel Eye to suppress the turmoil in his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Illusory Fire then surged through Xu Long's dantian and began eroding the converging clear and turbid qi.
• Xu Long groaned as the Magic Power in his meridians became a mass of searing energy.

Xu Long endured the Fire of Delusion and confronted a shadow version of himself before using Luo Huayu’s Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill to break through his cultivation barrier. He emerged as an Early Heavenly Immortal, and his sword light advanced to the Low-Grade Divine Artifact level.

• As the Illusory Fire burned through him, Xu Long saw a shadow self formed by the Origin Will and rejected the idea of abandoning his karma and past.
• Xu Long activated the Heavenly Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill and used its pure qi to unite the pure and turbid qi in his dantian.
• Xu Long forced open his cultivation barrier while suppressing the Illusory Fire and stabilizing his Magic Power through Yunxiang’s cycle.
• A small golden flower emerged in Xu Long’s dantian and helped steady his aura as the pill’s energy ran out.
• Xu Long’s cultivation reached Early Heavenly Immortal, and his sword light advanced to the Low-Grade Divine Artifact level.

Xu Long reached the Heavenly Immortal realm and headed for the Abyss Trench, where a hidden staircase and a pack of aquatic beasts emerged. Li Jianxin and the Sword Pavilion disciples fought the beasts while a scout descended toward a mysterious pool and spotted something unusual in the darkness.

• Xu Long absorbed the sword light, completed his breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal realm, and set off for the Abyss Trench after recalling the troubling vision from his tribulation.
• Energy waves shook the Abyss Trench, swept away its accumulated silt, and revealed a vast spiral staircase as strange howls echoed from below.
• Li Jianxin refused to abandon her companions after a Sword Pavilion disciple died, and she ordered a scout to investigate the surrounding waters.
• A pack of enormous aquatic beasts surrounded Li Jianxin and the Sword Pavilion disciples, so she opened her sword case and led them into battle.
• The scout descended to a deep pool beneath the staircase, found that a restriction blocked spiritual investigation, and moved into the darkness after noticing something unusual.

Falu defeated and killed the Sword Pavilion disciple in the depths of the Great Dao Stepwell, then learned what he wanted about Li Jianxin and began making his way toward her. Xu Long entered the abyss in search of He Huaibao, while Li Jianxin and her remaining companions faced a growing ring of aquatic ferocious beasts.

• The Sword Pavilion disciple discovered a bronze chain in the stepwell, but Falu ambushed him and overpowered him with his Nine-Ring Khakkhara.
• Falu used a soul-stealing technique to learn about the disciple’s senior sister, destroyed his jade token, and killed him by kicking the sword case through him.
• Li Jianxin learned that the disciple’s life token had shattered, urged her companions to stay focused, and continued descending as dark creatures pursued them.
• Xu Long found the enormous ring-shaped stepwell in the abyss and followed the familiar aquatic-beast sound waves in hopes of finding He Huaibao.
• Li Jianxin’s group fought the ferocious beasts; after one beast died, the others dragged away its corpse and surrounded the remaining Sword Pavilion disciples.

Li Jianxin’s group descended beneath the stepwell after the vicious beasts opened a path, only to fall into Falu’s ambush. Hidden nearby, Xu Long discovered bronze chains, countless bones, and evidence that the stepwell was a prison; he watched as Falu fought the exhausted Li Jianxin while the beasts circled above.

• Li Jianxin led her surviving companions down the stepwell as vicious beasts surrounded them and cleared a passage into the dark depths.
• After a junior brother investigated the opening, Li Jianxin and the others followed him down, and the beasts retreated while a hidden gaze watched them.
• Xu Long explored beneath the stepwell, found enormous bronze chains and countless crushed bones, and concluded that the structure was a prison suppressing an unknown being.
• Xu Long heard Li Jianxin and Falu fighting and concealed himself behind the chains as Falu attacked the exhausted swordswoman.
• Xu Long noticed the vicious beasts circling above the battle, sealing the way out but refusing to descend into the depths.

Xu Long emerged from hiding to help Li Jianxin escape Falu, then fought the monk beneath the abyssal sea. The chapter left Xu Long trapped by Falu’s nine-layer barriers as Falu’s khakkhara bore down on him.

• Falu used Hehuan Powder to weaken Li Jianxin and tried to take advantage of her special physique.
• Li Jianxin tricked Falu into turning away, struck him with sword qi, and fled on her sword case.
• Xu Long emerged from behind the bronze chains and shattered Falu’s protective prayer beads with a sword strike.
• Falu attacked Xu Long with his Nine-Ring Khakkhara, trapping him behind nine layers of barriers.
• Xu Long’s starlit magic seal cracked Falu’s prayer-bead defense, but Falu poured his magic power into the khakkhara and pressed his attack.

Xu Long fought Falu beneath the seabed stepwell, resisting his khakkhara, prayer beads, and the visions of an evil spirit that tried to make him surrender his soul. He broke free with the Wisdom Sword, but Falu renewed his attack by increasing the pressure of the Nine-Ring Khakkhara.

• Xu Long summoned his blue-faced, tusked Dharma Body, which caught Falu's descending Nine-Ring Khakkhara but remained pinned beneath its growing pressure.
• Xu Long sent sword light at Falu's Ten Directions Prayer Beads, breaking two beads, but Falu protected himself with his mystic gate and Sangharama Dharma Robe.
• Falu unleashed the Universal Salvation Sandalwood Beads, surrounding Xu Long with resentful chants and visions of an evil spirit devouring believers' organs and infants.
• A talisman in Xu Long's sleeve shielded his consciousness, and he used the Wisdom Sword to sever the chants and shatter the illusory Buddhist hall.
• Falu suffered backlash from the beads, concealed his injury, and channeled more power into the Nine-Ring Khakkhara, forcing the Dharma Body and Xu Long lower beneath it.

Xu Long broke through Falu’s defenses and defeated him, but Falu destroyed a jade token just before Xu Long searched his soul. The token’s purpose and Falu’s connection to Li Jianxin remained unknown.

• Xu Long used his sword light to break the barriers on Falu’s Nine-Ring Khakkhara, allowing his Dharma Body to hold the weapon aloft.
• Falu attacked Xu Long with a golden seal, but Xu Long struck back with sword light and Spiritual Qi Bombardment, shattering the Ten Directions Prayer Beads and weakening Falu’s defenses.
• Xu Long’s Dharma Body seized Falu’s khakkhara and hurled it away while Falu was battered by the explosions.
• Falu unleashed the sandalwood beads and their human-skin evil ghost, but Xu Long used “Seal” to freeze them and escape their influence.
• Falu asked what relationship Xu Long had with Li Jianxin, and Xu Long searched Falu’s Sea of Consciousness instead of answering.
• Xu Long discovered that Falu had crushed a jade token in his sleeve just before the soul search began.

Xu Long killed Falu and learned from his memories about the Ten-Faced Buddha Kingdom’s sacred finger bone and the horrors behind Falu’s sandalwood beads. After the beast horde retreated, Xu Long heard a creature calling from beneath the bronze chain and descended to investigate, where He Huaibao and another hidden force might be.

• Xu Long killed Falu, and Fahui of the Buddha Kingdom learned of his junior brother’s death and demanded that Tianmen Sword Pavilion give him an explanation.
• Xu Long discovered that the Great Buddha’s finger bone could help cultivators withstand the Heart Demon Tribulation, but he decided that he could not yet risk provoking the Ten-Faced Buddha Kingdom.
• Xu Long used his heavenly eye to reveal that Falu’s sandalwood beads were made from unformed fetuses, then resolved to release and lay them to rest.
• After Falu died, the fierce beast horde retreated, and Xu Long heard an aquatic beast calling from beneath the bronze chain.
• Xu Long suspected that He Huaibao and another hidden force might be below the chain, then descended beneath it to investigate.

Yun Feng, He Huaibao, and two Nether Sect disciples confronted one another beneath the deep pool over the inheritance, while Xu Long discovered more bronze chains in the abyss and suspected they were suppressing the Vast Sea Dragon King. The chapter left He Huaibao battling Tan Shengzhi below as Cao Chali watched, confident that He Huaibao had hidden powerful methods.

• Cao Chali and Tan Shengzhi revealed they were Nether Sect disciples and demanded that Yun Feng and He Huaibao leave the abyss; Tan Shengzhi transformed into a giant black goat and attacked He Huaibao.
• Xu Long followed the bronze chains deeper into the trench, found four chains, and sensed an immemorial aura that suggested a powerful being was imprisoned below.
• Xu Long heard He Huaibao's aquatic vicious beast and strange cackles nearby, then concealed himself behind a bronze chain.
• He Huaibao engaged Tan Shengzhi underwater, while Yun Feng grew anxious about He Huaibao obtaining the inheritance for Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge.
• Cao Chali recognized that He Huaibao had concealed formidable methods and let Tan Shengzhi continue fighting him.

Cao Chali nearly killed Yun Feng with his coffin, iron nails, and undead figure, but Xu Long arrived in time to save him. After telling Yun Feng that Yun Peng had died protecting him, Xu Long urged his senior brother to return to the Jade Screen Sect School while he faced Cao Chali and continued toward the inheritance site.

• Cao Chali swallowed Yun Feng's spell seal in a giant coffin, then trapped him with a vortex of iron nails and attacked with a deathly figure.
• Xu Long followed the bronze chain down and used his sword to knock Yun Feng clear of the coffin figure's attack.
• Xu Long gave the injured Yun Feng pills and told him that Yun Peng had died taking a tribulation for him.
• Cao Chali advanced again, and Yun Feng explained the danger posed by the Nether Sect disciples and suggested that they retreat.
• Xu Long gave Yun Feng his life tablet, told him to teleport back and protect the Jade Screen Sect School, then stood in Cao Chali's path.

Xu Long fought Cao Chali and his nearly indestructible Yin Corpse Boy in the Vast Sea. Xu Long’s star-like sword strike battered the corpse and forced Cao Chali to pull it back into the coffin, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Yun Feng entrusted Xu Long with Xu Long’s life tablet, then teleported back alone after their mission in the Vast Sea ended.
• Cao Chali attacked Xu Long with his coffin, using its suction to try to pull him inside while Yin Corpse Boy emerged to fight.
• Xu Long’s magic seal shattered the coffin’s vortex, but Yin Corpse Boy endured his sword light and broke through his barriers, slashing his robe with death qi.
• Cao Chali sent eight iron nails to suppress Xu Long as Yin Corpse Boy pressed the attack, but Xu Long evaded the corpse’s claws and prepared a stronger strike.
• Xu Long commanded his sword light to descend like a star, unleashing lightning and battering Yin Corpse Boy until its arms and body were deformed.
• Cao Chali recalled the damaged Yin Corpse Boy into the coffin and shut it, ending the sword strike as waves gathered over the coffin.

Xu Long fought Cao Chali and his Yin Corpse Boy, escaping the coffin’s attempt to devour him and striking the corpse with a Karmic Obstruction Talisman. As Cao Chali restrained Xu Long’s Dharma Body, Xu Long unleashed a giant sword that shattered Cao Chali’s black shield and locked onto him.

• Cao Chali trapped Xu Long in a whirlpool with iron nails, pierced his shoulder blades, and drew him into the coffin to be devoured.
• Xu Long summoned his Dharma Body inside the coffin and forced it open, while Cao Chali tried to use the Yin Corpse Boy to attack him.
• Xu Long unleashed a Karmic Obstruction Talisman, engulfing the Yin Corpse Boy in heavenly fire and grievously injuring him.
• Cao Chali restrained Xu Long’s Dharma Body with iron nails as Xu Long’s sword gathered power behind him.
• Xu Long spoke an edict and sent the giant sword crashing through Cao Chali’s black shield, with its remaining force locking onto Cao Chali.

Xu Long defeated Cao Chali, sealed the rampaging Yin Corpse Boy in a coffin, and followed the bronze chains into the Abyss Trench. He found He Huaibao waiting below, where He Huaibao spoke of the Vast Sea’s hidden opportunity and mocked the ignorance of those seeking it.

• Xu Long stopped Cao Chali’s iron nails, wounded him with the giant sword, and used a Spiritual Qi Bombardment to leave him and the Yin Corpse Boy unable to resist.
• The Yin Corpse Boy turned on Cao Chali, killed him, and devoured his body.
• Xu Long captured the Yin Corpse Boy in Cao Chali’s coffin and drove all eight iron nails into it to seal the creature inside.
• Xu Long stored the coffin and restored his Magic Power while tracing the bronze chains toward the abyss, where he sensed that He Huaibao had defeated Tan Shengzhi and continued downward.
• He Huaibao waited for Xu Long beneath the bronze chains and declared that he would not let him leave, then said the people seeking the Vast Sea’s opportunity did not understand what was truly there.

Xu Long fought He Huaibao beneath the Vast Sea, discovering that He Huaibao was using an intelligent ancient orca and a golden ring to resist him. He Huaibao revealed the Jiaolong Beast King of Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge and declared that Xu Long and the other factions would not survive; Xu Long faced the powerful beast as the chapter ended.

• He Huaibao attacked Xu Long with a captured aquatic vicious beast, and Xu Long identified it as an ancient orca living in the Vast Sea.
• Xu Long used his Dharma Body and sword light against He Huaibao, while the orca repeatedly retreated rather than risk its life for him.
• He Huaibao activated a golden ring that shielded him from Xu Long's sword qi and withdrew it from above Xu Long's Dharma Body.
• The golden ring revealed the Jiaolong Beast King, which Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge had brought into the Vast Sea to seize its inheritance.
• He Huaibao boasted that Immortal Rosy Cloud Ridge would prevail and that Yunmo would die, while Xu Long confronted the revealed Beast King.